A
sermon is a speech or talk given by a religious leader, like a priest or pastor, to teach and inspire people about their faith and moral values.
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But if you are looking for a provocative
sermon on the importance of expression, you've come to the wrong place.
Nevertheless, he speaks
of sermon structure in terms of «plot,» which, he claims, is not limited to stories.
A pastor I once knew worked 80 hours a week, 40 of that just
in sermon preparation.
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For a while, I expected a familiar
sermon about a top gun who finds, like, his integrity, man.
He delivered his first
sermon at the age of 6.
He may, however, detect that for which he had hoped: his congregation can not shake off the finished
sermon by shaking the minister's hand.
To use a modern analogy, we may think of the preacher's
sermon as being like the rocket that starts orbital flight.
This was a fairly easy book to write because most of the work had already been done
during sermon preparation.
For those interested, my pastor just kicked off a great
sermon series on giving you can check out here.
His
first sermon in his home congregation made outrageous claims for his ministry.
One
more sermon, he seemed to be thinking, and I can rest in peace.
Provide the priest with
written sermon detailing all the works I've done.
It ought to be a relief to know you are not expected to preach a
great sermon, not when an honest one will do better.
And there are those who will differ on whether a
church sermon is intended for those within or those without....
To some of you who go out on the slick highways this afternoon, this may be the
last sermon you will ever hear.
(plastic fan etc.) If someone stays too long in their job preaching the
same sermon over and over, players don't hear it any more it becomes stale.
Besides, what minister is so systematic in collecting data that he remembers the primary source of every illustration, every major idea, or even every bare - bones
sermon outline he uses?
The whole
sermon went on with the dreadful details of the war.
On average, it took me about 10 hours to prepare a 40
minute sermon.
You're taking 7 minutes out of what, for all we know, could have been a weeks
long sermon series dedicated to growing all aspects of generosity, to include giving.
Just before I could, I caught my wife's face, which had found a way to pack an
entire sermon into a single expression.
When He was done, they would allow a brief time for questions and comments, and then would move promptly on to the
next sermon for the day.
I think to have an
open sermon like this once in a while would help a great deal.
In the
other sermon, the narrator tells numerous anecdotes about himself; he becomes a much more intrusive object in his own narratives; and in these stories his authority is never challenged.
In a
recent sermon you said you now have to be far more careful about the things you say and do because so many people are watching.
There may be a time and place for preaching, but people need more of being led into love and service of others than they need to hear a
new sermon every week.
I want to correct various things on some of my old posts and
sermon pages.
Sometimes, such problems are our fault more than theirs, but that's a subject for a
different sermon.
Self - confidence is everything, they tell us again and again, and leave us with the feeling of having attended a self -
help sermon disguised as comedy.
We share
sermon ideas, ask each other's advice, and look to each other for confidence and confidentiality.
If the least is measurable, he may feel that a truly
Biblical sermon would be the use of all these references with a few comments on each passage.
When I was about 17 I had a real need for an uplifting,
inspiring sermon and went to church with my parents.
Over all, about two - thirds thought their colleagues would approve of their giving a socially
relevant sermon.
In the 50 years since that
memorable sermon I have been intrigued by a theme from the fourth Gospel, the theme of abundance.
This sample is not a
finished sermon but is rather a sketch of the process.
Nothing brings the worms out of the wood faster than a dose of compliments about a
fine sermon by a lay preacher.
This is a fulfilling and encouraging
sermon reminding us why we were sent to this planet earth.
And today, of all days, I decide to preach the
worst sermon in the history of the world.